The additional characters are the same for bothtype 1 diabetesmellitus and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The specific wording for each diagnosis code however is very important, and the provider must specify the cause and effect of any condition caused by diabetes if the patient has developed any cond...
Here, there is often no clear rationale for adding new procedures to the system. I’ve seen entries that combined the type of surgery (eg, cataract) with the name of a particular surgeon. (And if that surgeon leaves the institution to go elsewhere, that entry becomes clutter.) A small ...